Combined Force Arrests Haqqani Facilitator in Logar Province

From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News
Release

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 9, 2013 - A combined Afghan and coalition security
force arrested a Haqqani network attack facilitator and another insurgent in the
Pul-e Alam district of Afghanistan's Logar province today, military officials
reported.

The facilitator is responsible for procuring and distributing weapons,
improvised explosive device-making components and other military equipment to
insurgents. He also coordinates logistics for insurgent training in the area,
and was planning a high-profile attack involving vehicle-borne IEDs and suicide
bombers, officials said.

The security force also seized a pistol, two magazines, ammunition and IED
materials.

In other Afghanistan operations today:

-- Also in Logar's Pul-e Alam district, a combined force arrested an
insurgent during a search for a Haqqani network leader who is responsible for
attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and oversees the acquisition and
distribution of money, weapons and military equipment.

-- Afghan commandos, advised by coalition forces, killed three insurgents and
detained four others in Nangarhar province's Khogyani district during an
operation designed to degrade insurgent activity in the area.

In other news, a combined force in Helmand province's Garm Ser district
wounded an insurgent yesterday during a search for a Taliban IED expert
responsible for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He also trains
subordinate Taliban fighters on the construction, emplacement and employment of
IEDs, and serves as an intelligence operative, relaying local operational
information to senior Taliban leadership.